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<h1>Installing FRDL</h1>

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FRDL is a Java application which means it can work on any operating system which
has Java installed on it. You probably have Java already installed; FRDL
requires you to have at least <b>Java version 1.5</b> but ideally you should
have version 1.6.  If you do not have Java or you need an update, it is available
at no cost from<br>
<A href="http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp">java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp</A></b>.
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You will need the <b>Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE)</b>.
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FRDL is not tested on other flavours of Java, eg IBM, though it will probably be OK.
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To find the Java version currently on your computer, type the following at the
command line:  <b>java -version</b> or go to <a href="http://www.javatester.org/version.html">www.javatester.org/version.html</a>
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The xxx in the FRDL setup file name indicates the version.
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FRDL installers do  nothing 'clever' except to put the required files in a place
of your choice and creates shortcuts so you can easily start FRDL.
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Versions of FRDL up to and including  0.24 should be uninstalled before installing
a newer version.  For versions 0.25 and greater it is perfectly OK to install
over an earlier version of FRDL.
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FRDL has been tested on <b>Windows 2000, XP and Vista</b>.

<h2>Installing FRDL on Windows</h2>

Download the file <b>setup_FRDL_xxx.exe</b> to your computer from
<A href="http://www.flymicro.com/frdl">www.flymicro.com/frdl</A> and
double click on it to run the installer.
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On Vista you may still get a message from the "Program compatibility assistant":
<i>"This program might not have installed correctly"</i> with the Details:
IzPack SFX, publisher: Igor Pavlov, Julien Ponge.  This is OK, they are the
authors of the installer and probably FRDL has actually installed OK.
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If the .exe install completely fails to install FRDL on your version of Windows, the
.jar or manual installs described below will also work.
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<h2>Installing FRDL on Mac, Linux, Solaris Etc.</h2>

In principle, FRDL should install, work and uninstall on all these platforms.
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Download the file <b>setup_FRDL_xxx.jar</b> to your computer from
<A href="http://www.flymicro.com/frdl">www.flymicro.com/frdl</A> and
double click on it to run the installer.
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It is known that FRDL does not work on a Mac and this is a work in
progress.  FRDL is currently not tested on any other OS.  The developer would be
interested to hear of any experiences of attempts to use FRDL on them.
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    If the option above doesn't work, this will also install on Windows, but
    Vista may not recognize it as an installer file and consequently
    not go into the necessary 'administrator mode' which allows the installer to
    write to the 'Program files' folder.  It may well install OK to some
    other location though.
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<h2>Manual install on any operating system</h2>

Should either installer fail to create the correct shortcuts or otherwise fail to
work correctly, FRDL can be easily installed manually.
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Download the file <b>FRDL_xxx.zip</b> to your computer from
<A href="http://www.flymicro.com/frdl">www.flymicro.com/frdl</A> and
extract the contents to a suitable location on your computer.
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The final structure is rather simple:  <b>FRDL.jar</b> is the application
executable.  In the same folder should be one sub-folder: <b>lib</b> and all the
other files included in the distribution should be in this sub-folder.  FRDL can be
started by double clicking on FRDL.jar or a shortcut pointing at FRDL.jar.

<h2>Uninstalling FRDL</h2>

Select <b>Uninstall FRDL</b> from the start menu.
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If, for some reason this does not work, search your system for FRDL.jar and
delete the folder it is in along with all it's sub-folders, and any shortcuts pointing
at these folders (eg in your START menu).  FRDL is now  completely removed from
your system.
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No configuration files, logger files or output igc files will
be affected by an uninstall so long as they are not stored in the
same folder as FRDL.jar or any sub-folder. (which is NOT the
default, and is NOT recommended practice.)
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